Golf ball holder



0 m n a N N 0% N A R 6 M a 4 V T N x T 2 /M E R WISEMAN GOLF BALL HOLDERFiled April 29, 1949 fuse/v: 1?

April 10, 1951 Patented Apr. l0,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,548,330 GOLF BALL HOLDER Eugene R.Wiseman, BculdenColo. I, Application April 29', 1949, serial No. 90,305Claims. (01. 224-5) This invention relates to improvements. in golf ballcarriers of the type adapted tobe secured to the clothing of the golfplayer. v a i In playing golf the player often requires one or morespare balls during his plays between a tee and green, either forreplacements for lost balls or because it is desired to substitute aparticular ball in a certain play. For example, the next play may besuch that there is a chance of losing the ball due a hazard in the golfcourse, in which event the player substitutes an interior or cut-up golfball, the loss of which will cause him no particular amount ofdisconcertment. He normally carries encughballs for .the entire game intheba'g which contains his clubs. It isnot convenient, however, to carrythis bag to all parts of the golf course where it may be necessary tomake the plays and hence it is more convenient to carry one or more golfballs on his person. These maybe carried'iri a pocketof the clothing, ifprovided with sa'in'e, but this has not been found convenient because itproduces bulges in the clothing; wears them, and causes annoyance whichhampers the free and unrestricted movement of the body during swingingof the club.

To obviate the foregoing and yet provide the golfer with spare golfballsavailable on his person, certain" ball carriers-have been proposedsuch as those showuin Patent No. 1,862,614, granted June 14, 1932, andPatent No. 1,610,344 granted December 14, 1926. It is to devices of thistype, and improvements therein, that the present invention moreparticularly relates.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a galf ballcarrier which permits more convenient access to the balls for insertionin and removal from the carrier.

Another object is to provide a holder in which the golf balls arevisible so that the player may quickly select the one desired withoutremoving others therefrom. Y

A further object is to provide a holder which is simplified inconstruction and may be mass produced from molded plastic material tothus render it relatively inexpensive.

Further objects, advantages, and salient features will become moreapparent from'the description to follow, the appended claims, and theccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is side elevation of the golf ball holder;

Figure 2 is a bottom plan thereof;

Figure 3 is an end elevation;

Figure 4 is a section taken on line 44, Figure l; and

20-, theitube wall! and base.

c Figure 5 is a side,elevation showing theposition of the carrier on theclothing of the golfer. Referring in detail to the drawing, the carrieri Q-isprovided with a base I l, and a pair of cylindrical tubes i2, I3;secured thereto, these tubes being slightly larger in diameter thanthediameter of a golf ball i l; The walls of the tubes are provided witharcuate cut out portions l5 which permit the ball to be grasped betweenthe fingers when it is desired to remove them from the carrier. v i V Toreleasably secure the balls in the holder a detent: I6 is provided on awall of each tube, and

as, best shown in Figure 4, when a ball is in position in the holder,the detent forms an effective tube diameter.D' which is slightlyless-than the diameter D of the golf ball, which prevnts ;,the ball fromfalling out of the pocket formed by The portion I] of the cylindricalwall is suimciently resilient to per, mit it to spring laterally whenthe ball is drawn outwardly across the. detent or when forced in- Wardlyinto the pocket. 7 v The carrier just described maybe secured to theclothingin any convenient manner; although the resilient clip: 18 ispreferred which is ,se-

cured to the carrier along an edge thereof as indicated y referencecharacter It. This rip h .aspring tongue 2-0 which engages a portion ofthe clothing, such as a belt 2| the base of the carrier being disposedon the opposite side of the belt. If the golfer does not wear a belt,the clip construction is equally effective tosecure the carrier to thetop edge of trousers, a skirt, an edge of a pocket, or any other garmentedge.

The clip [8 may also be provided with a portion 22 forming a channel 22awhich holds a pencil 23 therein, this portion also being resilient sothat the pencil may be snapped into or out of the channel. The pencil isa necessary part of the golfers equipment, being used to keep a tally ofthe number of club strokes during the game and such other notations asbecome necessary.

The carrier may be constructed of any material desired but plasticmaterial is preferred since the device may be moulded and thusconstructed inexpensively. The base and tubes are moulded as oneintegral member and the clip formed as another, also of plasticmaterial. A suitable solvent or cement is then applied to one or both inthe region of edge 19 and after the two parts are pressed together andthe material which effects adhesion has set, the carrier and clip becomeone integral unitary member.

worn by the golfer,

While two pockets have been disclosed for carrying two balls, this isexemplary only and one pocket or more than two may be provided. Also,the shape may be modified from that shown and other means of securingthe device to the golfers clothes may be employed, without departurefrom the spirit of the invention. The tube I2 or l3 has been illustratedholding a single ball. It will now become apparent that the tube may beof any length to hold a plurality of balls. As an example, the tube maybe of a length to accommodate several balls and be closed by a basesimilar to base II. This base may have secured thereto a suitable clip,similar to clip 20, extending parallel to the tube. The tube may besecured to the wearer's clothing or to the top edge of a golf bag ininverted position, that is, with detent [6 at the bottom of the tube.After the exposed ball is removed, the remaining ball fall in the tubethe distance of one ball diameter exposing another ball which may beremoved when desired by pulling it downwardly past the detents 15. It isalso apparent that two or more such tubes may be placed side by side andsecured together where a greater capacity is desired. These 25. tubesmay be provided with a common base similar to base II and the clipsecured either to one of the tube walls or to the base so that when theclip is disposed over the top edge of an article, such as a golf clubbag, the open ends are directed downwardly. Since many othermodifications will occur within the spirit of the invention it is notintended therefore, that the invention be limited to the precise detailsillustrated or disclosed except as defined by the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A golf ball carrier comprising, a base member adapted to lie againsta substantially vertical 0 portion of a users clothing, a resilient clipsecured to the member having a portion engaging a the opposite side ofsaid vertical portion, a cylindrical resilient tube extendinghorizontally from the base opening outwardly away from the 46 usersclothing of such size to form a pocket for a golf ball, and detent meansintegral with the wall of the tube for releaseably securing the golfball therein.

' 2. A carrier in accordance with claim 1 where- 50 4 in at least twocylindrical tubes are provided on the base, the axes of the tubes beingparallel and in a single substantially horizontal plane, adjacent tubeshaving a common wall portion therebetween.

3. A golf ball carrier in accordance with claim 1 wherein the base andtube are integral plastic material.

4. A golf ball carrier comprising, a flat base, a resilient clip securedto the base having a portion disposed adjacent one side thereof, a pairof cylindrical tubes projecting perpendicularly outward from the otherside of the base, the tubes having an inside diameter slightly greaterthan the diameter of a golf ball and being disposed closely adjacent toeach other to provide a common wall portion therebetween, an integraldetent on the wall of each tube projecting inwardly thereof, thediametrical distance from the free end of each detent and the commonwall portion being less than the diameter of a golf ball, the portion ofeach tube wall carrying a detent being sufiiciently resilient to permita golf ball to be forced beyond the detent thereon and into the tube.

5. A golf ball holder in accordance with claim 4 wherein the tube wallsare constructed to expose diametrically opposite portions of a golf balladapted to be disposed therein, whereby the ball may be grasped betweenthe fingers of a hand to remove it from the holder.

EUGENE R. WISEMAN.

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